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The Vampire
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Author : Alan Dundes
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1998-10-15
The Vampire written by Alan Dundes and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-15 with Fiction categories.
Vampires are the most fearsome and fascinating of all creatures of folklore. For the first time, detailed accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures are gathered in one volume by eminent folklorist Alan Dundes. Eleven leading scholars from the fields of Slavic studies, history, anthropology, and psychiatry unearth the true nature of the vampire from its birth in graveyard lore to the modern-day psychiatric patient with a penchant for drinking blood. The Vampire: A Casebook takes this legend out of the realm of literature and film and back to its dark beginnings in folk traditions. The essays examine the history of the word “vampire;” Romanian vampires; Greek vampires; Serbian vampires; the physical attributes of vampires; the killing of vampires; and the possible psychoanalytic underpinnings of vampires. Much more than simply a scary creature of the human imagination, the vampire has been and continues to haunt the lives of all those who encounter it—in reality or in fiction.
Contagion And The Vampire
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Author : Simon Bacon
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2023-08-11
Contagion And The Vampire written by Simon Bacon and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-11 with Performing Arts categories.
This book examines how the vampire has always been connected to ideas of infection, pollution and disease—even more so in the 21st century where it expresses the horrors of unseen and unstoppable disease and the foreboding and anxiety that accompany viral outbreaks and wider epidemics. Here the vampire gives physical form to the contagion and associated anxieties around the perceived causes and spread of disease, where it can take on many forms from animal to pestilential particulate matter, creeping shadows and even malignant weather systems. If blood is life, it is the body of the vampire that is death. This timely study looks at how and why the vampire continues to fulfil this function and posits that the true patient zero in the 21st century is no longer the dangerous, ancient, outsider from the East but is the undying monster that is Western culture itself.
The Vampire S Bedside Companion
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Author : Peter Underwood
language : en
Publisher: Peter Underwood
Release Date : 1975
The Vampire S Bedside Companion written by Peter Underwood and has been published by Peter Underwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Fiction categories.
The Vampire’s Bedside Companion is a riveting compendium of new facts and fiction on the ‘undying’ theme of vampirism. Here is a new theory on the genesis of Dracula (surely literature’s most compelling and macabre figure?); thoughts on allusions to vampirism in Wuthering Heights; first-hand experience of Vampires in Hampstead, London; publication for the first time of the story of a fifteenth-century Vampire Protection medallion that Montague Summers presented to the author; an account by a professor of English at Dalhousie University of a visit to ‘Castle Dracula’ in Transylvania - The Vampire’s Bedside Companion contains these and a wealth of other hitherto unpublished material on a subject that is of enduring interest: The Vampire Legend. To many people, vampires are creatures only of legend and fantasy with no reality outside the pages of books. Others, who have studied the folklore of many countries and the continuing reports of vampirism, maintain that there is extensive evidence not only that vampires once existed but that, in fact, they still do exist. In this fascinating book the author, himself an acknowledged expert on the Occult, presents true accounts of vampire infestation in England, America, Ireland, Hungary, China and France. Records of vampires and vampirism are, he claims, as old as the world and as recent as yesterday. Four new, existing and authentic vampire fictional stories by Peter Allan, Crispin Derby, Richard Howard and James Turner complete this compelling companion for dark nights, solitude and howling winds! Illustrated with my striking photographs, The Vampire’s Bedside Companion also contains original and evocative drawings by Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor. It is a must for all students of the occult and every reader of the macabre.
Vampires
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Author : Mark Collins Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012-09-04
Vampires written by Mark Collins Jenkins and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-04 with History categories.
What real-life character inspired Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula? Did a blood-sucking demon haunt ancient Mespotamia? Did 16th-century Venetians drive a stake through the heart of a true vampire, or was something more sinister at work? For thousands of years vampires have both terrified and titillated our imaginations. Today vampires pervade our popular culture in books, films, and TV shows, and recent discoveries are shedding new light on the origins of vampire myth and legend. This fascinating history explores the myriad origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of beings who seemingly defied death and fed on the lifeblood of others. From ancient whispers in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, vampiric legends passed through the centuries and around the globe, fed by misconceptions about the afterlife, fear of disease, and the unshakable feeling that demons might dwell among us. The term vampire itself made its way to Europe in the 18th century, arising out of Slavic and other eastern European traditions. In 1897 Bram Stoker’s Dracula solidified the concept of a coffin-dwelling, bloodthirsty “undead” human. Today, the vampire myth is stronger than ever, and continues to fascinate the living. In Vampires Jenkins works with noted experts in the fields of archaeology, forensics, and anthropology to skillfully navigate centuries of myth and legend and weave spine-tingling tales along the way.
Doctor Strange Epic Collection
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Author : Roy Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Release Date : 2021-09-01
Doctor Strange Epic Collection written by Roy Thomas and has been published by Marvel Entertainment this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
The return of the vampires! Doctor Strange once wiped bloodsuckers from the face of the Earth - but now they rise again, beginning with one very close to Stephen! Brother Voodoo has the answer for the problem: zombies?! And what is Zom - besides big trouble in a tiny form? Dormammu unleashes his Mindless Ones on New York City, captures Clea and renders Doctor Strange powerless! Does this mean Baron Mordo will be the new Sorcerer Supreme? A possessed Topaz needs help finding the special ingredients to exorcise her demon, and her shopping list includes the fur of Werewolf by Night and the flame of Ghost Rider! And as Thanos exerts his grip on the Marvel Universe, Strange plays a crucial role in the Infinity Gauntlet saga! Collects DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME #14-33 and GHOST RIDER (1990) #12.
Vampires
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Author : Aubrey Sherman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-07-04
Vampires written by Aubrey Sherman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-04 with Fiction categories.
A thrilling treasury of vampire lore! Since the seventeenth century, people have been frightened, mesmerized, and fascinated by the terrifying tales of vampires. In this book, you'll uncover the history and mystery behind these bloodthirsty monsters with folklore, mythology, and poetry from every tradition in the world. From the Bosnian Lampir, whose disease-ridden corpse spread infection and death throughout villages, to Bram Stoker's charming Dracula, who helped define modern-day vampires, the wicked stories surrounding these nocturnal beings are sure to captivate anyone who has ever wondered about these shadow-loving creatures. Whether you're interested in exploring the culture of vampires or just want to learn more about their supernatural abilities, you'll discover dozens of compelling tales, historical accounts, and haunting legends that shed some light on these sinister beings. Complete with detailed illustrations, Vampires reveals the dark allure and gruesome power of these creatures of the night.
Shadows Of Azathoth Horrific Tales Of Vampiric Darkness
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Author : Michael Ford
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011-12-27
Shadows Of Azathoth Horrific Tales Of Vampiric Darkness written by Michael Ford and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-27 with Fiction categories.
Shadows of Azathoth - Horrific Tales of Vampiric Darkness by Michael W. Ford Three haunting tales of vampire-rituals and sorcery which unveil a world of otherworldly darkness and the insatiable appetite for human blood. Within the pages you will find vampiric rituals to evoke the hungry dead, ancient Babylonian sorcery ripping away the veil of the world of fantasy and reality. In SHADOWS OF AZATHOTH, the rites of chaos invoke a coven of Seven Vampiric Spirits and the horde of insect-demons which attempt to wear the flesh of their victims. This Lovecraft-inspired work blends both the world of the physical with that of the beyond. In THE HUNGERING ONE a ancient chaldean woman is visited by something unnamable, with spider-like talons awakens her flesh and as she finds her blood the elixir from which she will enter the city of Irkalla, the place of the dead.... In THE CULT OF THE WAR-GOD the secret tablets of an Assyrian king reveals his affiliation with the cult of Tiamat and the blood offerings...
The Universal Vampire
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Author : Barbara Brodman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-02-15
The Universal Vampire written by Barbara Brodman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-15 with Vampires categories.
This book presents the vampire as a truly international phenomenon, not restricted to the original folk character, the literary vampire (such as Dracula), or 20th and 21st-century film versions. Instead, we find examples of vampires from literally around the world: each culture and age reshaping the legend in its own image and even seeking psychological and scientific explanations to explain the phenomenon.
Vampire Films Around The World
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Author : James Aubrey
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-10-08
Vampire Films Around The World written by James Aubrey and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with Performing Arts categories.
Vampires are arguably the most popular and most paradoxical of gothic monsters: life draining yet passionate, feared yet fascinating, dead yet immortal. Vampire content produces exquisitely suspenseful stories that, combined with motion picture filmmaking, reveal much about the cultures that enable vampire film production and the audiences they attract. This collection of essays is generously illustrated and ranges across sixteen cultures on five continents, including the films Let the Right One In, What We Do in the Shadows, Cronos, and We Are the Night, among many others. Distinctly different kinds of European vampires have originated in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, and Serbia. North American vampires are represented by films from Mexico, Canada, and the USA. Middle Eastern locations include Tangier, Morocco, and a fictional city in Iran. South Asia has produced Bollywood vampire films, and east Asian vampires are represented by films from Korea, China, and Japan. Some of the most recent vampire movies have come from Australia and New Zealand. These essays also look at vampire films through lenses of gender, post-colonialism, camp, and otherness as well as the evolution of the vampiric character in cinema worldwide, together constituting a mosaic of the cinematic undead.
The Global Vampire
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Author : Cait Coker
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-01-10
The Global Vampire written by Cait Coker and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
The media vampire has roots throughout the world, far beyond the shores of the usual Dracula-inspired Anglo-American archetypes. Depending on text and context, the vampire is a figure of anxiety and comfort, humor and fear, desire and revulsion. These dichotomies gesture the enduring prevalence of the vampire in mass culture; it can no longer articulate a single feeling or response, bound by time and geography, but is many things to many people. With a global perspective, this collection of essays offers something new and different: a much needed counter-narrative of the vampire's evolution in popular culture. Divided by geography, this text emphasizes the vampiric as a globetrotting citizen du monde rather than an isolated monster.